Community Design

About The Competition

The Community Design Competition is a chance for all member of the maker community to demonstrate their maker abilities. This competition will challenge competitors to develop an innovative solution in any discipline. Each team or individual will design, build and operate their prototype; challenging both design skills and ability to present the design to our panel of judges. Entrants will be given a booth on October 27th, 2018 from 11:30am - 1:00pm to display their prototype while the public, conference attendees and judges view the prototypes and discuss the designs. First and second place winner are eligible for prizes

Official Rules

Deadline

All entrants must register on this page before October 24th, 2018.

Eligibility

The eligibility of the Senior Innovative Design Competition is restricted to members of the Ottawa community who do not qualify for the Junior nor Senior design categories. Entrants may enter as an individual or team of four.

Availability

All entrants must be available on Saturday, October 27th, 2018 to showcase their designs. Showcasing will take place from 11:30am-2:30 pm on Saturday, October 27th at the University of Ottawa. Any entrant who is not in attendance during the competition
hours will be disqualified from the Senior Innovative Design Competition. Finalists will be notified by 3 pm on Saturday, October 27th, 2018 during the awards ceremony where prizes will be distributed.

Prototypes

All entrants must have a prototype at the competition on October 27th, 2018. If a prototype can’t be supplied, the entrant must submit a one-page document detailing why. The Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference Organizing Committee will
determine, based on the submitted document, if the entrant is eligible for the competition.

Authorization Letter

If the entrant is a subset of a team, the remaining members must sign a letter authorizing the entrant to disclose their work. The authorization letter must include full names, signature, email, and phone number of all known competing members.

Judging

All entrants will be evaluated on a standardized scoring scale out of 50 points by a panel of judges. The panel will visit each entrant at their designated table. Entrants shall be informed before the beginning of the competition the time of their
judging. Each entrant will be given 3 minutes to present their design followed by 2 minutes which are designated for questions that the judges may have (i.e. How much would it cost to make this prototype? How does the prototype work? Who is this
prototype designed for?).

The scoring shall be broken down as follows:

Does the design defer substantially from existing designs? Is the project clearly the competitors work?

Were facts presented correct and complete? Was the design throughly analyzed?

Is the design economically feasible? Is the design cost effective? Has a marketing plan been considered?

Was a prototype, model, or simulation developed? Has testing been done to prove design feasibility? Does the prototype or model work? Was the prototype or model demonstrated during presentation?

Were the environmental impacts of the design analyzed? Have measures been taken to reduce harmful impacts of the design? Does the design solve an environmental issues?

No purchase necessary to enter or win. There is no cost to enter the competition.

The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries.

Organizers of the conference and their immediate families, conference sponsors and conference speakers are not eligible and prohibited from entering.

Entries may be submitted by an individual or a design team. All individuals may only have one entry to the Contest.

Entries must be submitted electronically per the entry form.

Entries must not have been made commercially available more than 12 months prior to the entry date.

By entering, entrants warrant that to the best of their knowledge, (1) their entry is an original idea; (2) they are authorized by the owner of the design to enter the design in the contest; and that (3) the design does not infringe the intellectual
property rights of any third party.

The entrant or the entrant’s company, whichever applies, retains ownership of the design ideas submitted for the competition.

Competition judges shall not be liable to the entrant for the commercialization of ideas that have been independently developed without the use of the entrant’s submission.

The Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference nor its affiliates are not responsible for any expenses incurred by entrants in connection with participation in the competition.

The Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference Organizing Committee reserves the right to disqualify entries that are frivolous or fail to meet the entry requirements as described herein.

The competition may be canceled at the sole discretion of the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference Organizing Committee.

Any prize won by a team will be distributed to the team leader designated on the entry form.

Entrants are authorized to and approve the use of images created from the competition for use in marketing materials of the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference

Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this competition. By entering, they agree to waive any right to claim ambiguity or error
in these official rules. Except where prohibited by law, the winners consent to the use of their name and/or likeness by the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference for advertising and publicity purposes without further compensation.
Each entrant agrees that the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference, its representatives and affiliates will have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting from his/her participation in the
competition, or resulting from the acceptance of prizes.

The Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference and judges assume no responsibility for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer systems, servers, software, Internet service provides, or e-mail systems;
failure of any entry to be received on account of technical problems or incomplete, late, lost, damaged, illegible or misdirected electronic communications; or any combination thereof, including damage to entrants’ or anyone else’s
computer equipment related to or resulting from participation or downloading of any materials in this competition.

Participation in the competition constitutes an agreement by each entrant, including all members of a team in the case of a team entry, to be bound by these official rules. The Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference Organizing Committee
reserves the right to disqualify persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this competition. In the event the competition is compromised by non-authorized human intervention, tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable
control of the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference Organizing Committee or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper operation of the competition, the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference Organizing Committee
reserves the right to suspend, modify or terminate the competition. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this competition is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should
an attempt be made, the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law.

By entering the competition, the entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the competition, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually without resort of any form
of class action; (2) any claims, judgements and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in entering the competition, but in no event attorney’s fees; and (3) under no circumstance will any entrant be permitted
to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred in entering the contest.

The Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information associated with or utilized in the competition.